Kid tests HIV+ after blood transfusion in Assam hospital

A child undergoing treatment for burn injuries at Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has tested HIV positive after allegedly being given contaminated blood at the hospital.TNN | May 10, 2016, 13:13 IST

Guwahati: A child undergoing treatment for burn injuries at Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) has tested HIV positive after allegedly being given contaminated blood at the hospital.

The three-and-a-half-year-old boy, who had suffered 40% burns in an accident at home, was admitted to GMCH in April, 2015, and was kept there for more than five months. During that time, he underwent multiple blood transfusions as the injuries were quite serious and life-threatening. The GMCH ordered an inquiry after the matter came to light on Monday.

"Both me and my husband are HIV negative. Then, how could our child have tested HIV positive? My son underwent six blood transfusions at GMCH. When he tested positive for HIV, we told the hospital authorities that he received blood at GMCH. But they asked us to keep quiet," said the boy's mother.